Hercules Painting to Recoat Carter Memorial Bridge

Hercules Painting Company of New Castle, PA, secured a contract of $13,328,657 from the West Virginia Department of Transportation to recoat a total of 7,155 tons of existing structural steel on the Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge, an 11-span, 1,756-foot-long structure over the Kanawha River. The project includes coating 6,097 tons of steel on the mainline of the structure, including the 465-foot-long main span, as well as coating 1,058 tons of approach ramp steel. The steel will be abrasive blast cleaned to a Near-White finish (SSPC-SP 10) and recoated with an organic zinc-rich primer, a waterborne acrylic intermediate, and a waterborne acrylic finish. The contract includes containment of the existing lead-bearing coatings.